Category: The Library
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Heart Meltings
It’s the dimples that get me every time. That head ducks down and he smiles at me and melts my heart with his mischievousness and his sensitivity. It has been that way since I first held him in my arms six years ago. This heart melting. He has such an easy way about him. He’s…
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The Savior of the World
I heard the screams first and knew immediately it was one of mine. We mothers are gifted like that, so intertwined in spirit with our young that we recognize their voices in a sea of noise. I swallowed hard, looking up from my position by my in-laws’ sink, dripping hands motionless over the counter. “Brian,”…
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Believing: Day 23
That He came. Over the last two days I have received overwhelming and heartbreaking news in the lives of two separate friends. And I have wept. I have shouted. I have punched the leather seats of the car in my frustration. I have shaken my head. I have had to explain to my children. I…
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Believing: Day 18
In restoration. Six weeks ago I asked Brian if we could finally paint the walls and ceiling in the family room/den in our new home. In her book, Bless Your Heart, Tramp, Celia Rivenbank describes exactly what my life has been. She writes: …Painting the front door was a simple idea, but it turned into…
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Believing: Day 16
A little determination results in a lot of satisfaction. He spent an hour and a half after the other two children and I went inside. With Daddy’s help, he rolled and stacked. I ran upstairs to watch from Audrey’s room as he jumped over and over and placed all the pieces to his snowman. He…
A Spring of Joy 